Overview
- The draw begins at 5pm BST (12 noon ET/18:00 CET) at Monaco’s Grimaldi Forum and is free to watch on UEFA.com and via partners including TNT Sports, Paramount+ and SonyLIV.
- UEFA’s 36-team league phase pairs each club with two opponents from each of four pots for eight games, with software enforcing no same-nation ties and a limit of two opponents from any one country.
- Confirmed seedings place PSG, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern, Liverpool, Inter, Chelsea, Dortmund and Barcelona in Pot 1, with six Premier League sides in the field: Liverpool, Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and Newcastle.
- Four clubs make their league-phase debuts this season: Bodø/Glimt, Pafos, Union Saint-Gilloise and Kairat Almaty.
- League-phase fixtures run from 16 September to 28 January, play-offs follow in February, and the final is on 30 May 2026 in Budapest with a newly set 18:00 CET kick-off.